Motivation

If you are aiming at graduate programs and terminal degrees, learned specialized research techniques and training, learn the job environment in federal agencies, and search for a job in the federal government, this internship may be the best pathway to your professional future.

General Expertise Areas

Research opportunities in the past have focused but not limited to the following:

Software applications, mapping, and geomatics applications such as may be but not limited to C++, C#, JavaScript, Python, MSSQL, Matlab, GIS and Image Processing (ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, ARCVIEW, ARCGIS), many others

Pavements, terrain, and airfields modeling, analyses, and simulation for civil and military wheel and tracked vehicles (e.g., airplanes, tanks, trucks, and others)

Construction methods, procedures, and technologies (sustainability, cost analyses, life cycle analyses, standards, and many other related to civil and military infrastructure and others)

Participants

Over 500 undergraduate and graduate students from the following academic programs have participated during the past 27 years: Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Chemical, Surveying); Sciences (Biology, Industrial Biotechnology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Geology, Marine Science, Social Sciences); Agricultural Sciences (Agronomy, Soils). Other disciplines may be included may be included based on applicants expertise and ERDC research needs. Specific Statements of Work (SOW) will be published in the near future and applicants will be matched according to student’s expertise and merits.

Select preferred project (SOW) in order of priority as soon as available

Sign the agreement documents

Fill traveling orders

Participate of the orientation meetings

Register in a three credit-hour course with the advisor’s recommendation

Have authorization from your Graduate advisor (just for graduate students)

Instructions to apply

Applications will be uploaded online at this site. The following is required to apply.

You must be logged in with your upr account (use your username and password used to login on home.uprm.edu).

Fill out the ERIP Student Application Form below when you login with your account.

In the application, establish your list of priorities for the List of Projects as soon as made available. You must select from those you are qualified for.

Upload your updated Resume

Upload your most recent copy of your unofficial Transcript (use approved courses semester by semester formal). If you are a graduate student, you must upload a copy of both transcripts, undergraduate and graduate. Both transcripts must be uploaded in one document.

Graduate student must fill undergraduate and graduate areas in the application.

Applications that are not clear or have missing information will not be taken into consideration.